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• Policies and Procedures
• Benefits
• Payroll
• Hiring Project Assistants/Students
• Hiring University Staff, Academic Staff or Terminal Employees
• Performance Evaluations
• Professional Development/Training Opportunities/Requirements
• Gaining Access to IT Systems (WISDM, WisMail, HRS, etc.)
  

General HR Information

All general human resources information can be found at the UW Office of Human Resources website.

For Law School questions, contact either Rebecca Scheller or Justin Boehm through one of the methods below.

Policies and Procedures

• Academic Staff Policies and Procedures (ASPP)
• Faculty Policies and Procedures (FPP)
• General UW-Madison HR Policies and Procedures

Benefits

• UW General Benefits Information
• Benefits 101 is a highly recommended training all new employees should receive within their first 30 days of employment. This training ensures that all employees are educated on their benefits and other opportunities. You can sign up for this training at the Benefits Education in the OHRD Catalog.

If you have questions or concerns about your benefits you may contact one of the following

Payroll

• UW-Madison Payroll Information
• Payroll Schedule

Kelly Hallmark is the Law School Payroll and Benefits Specialist. You may contact her at kelly.hallmark@wisc.edu or 608-262-3138.

Earnings statements are now all online

Statements are available online wherever you have internet access. To access your earnings statement online:

1. Log on to My UW-Madison portal with your NetID and password. If you have not previously used the portal, click Activate your NetID to gain access.
2. Navigate to the "Work Record" tab.
3. Select the earnings statement you would like to view. 

If you are a new employee, need to change your tax or direct deposit information, please go here for W-4 and Tax Withholding Information and to the Direct Deposit information page.

Hiring Project Assistants/Students

If you wish to hire a Project Assistant or student, before hiring them you will need to submit an authorization form
 to Kelly Hallmark of the Law School:

Authorization to Hire a Student Form (PDF)

This form will inform the Law School Payroll/Human Resources Office about:

• who will be hired,
• how much they should be paid,
• the term of their appointment, and
• the funding source.

If you need more information, i.e. the difference between a PA and a student hire, the information below is also located on the back of the form.

Hire University Staff, Academic Staff or Terminal Employees

If you are a supervisor/department head that would like to hire a new university staff, academic staff or TE, you will need to fill out a Law School Position Approval Form (PDF) and return to Justin Boehm, Human Resources Manager in Room 5109.

This will ensure the Law School Business Office and the Associate Deans that hiring policy and procedures are being followed. If you have any questions you can contact Justin at justin.boehm@wisc.edu or 608-890-4466.

Performance Evaluations

The Law School is dedicated to hiring and maintaining an effective workforce by engaging and developing our employees. The Performance Management and Professional Development online system supports this mission by keeping both the supervisor and the employee engaged in the department/employee's work and goals.

Performance management is an ongoing process where supervisors and employees work together to plan, monitor, and review an employee's work objectives, goals, and professional development. A key element of performance management is communication between a supervisor and an employee throughout the year. Part of the performance management process includes frequent informal conversations. These include coaching and feedback discussions related to the duties and expectations of the employee's position.

UW Madison has created a Performance Management Policy , stating that all staff should be evaluated every six months, completing either a Midpoint Conversation, or a Summary Evaluation. All new employees will also be a part of a 30-day conversation, a probationary midpoint conversation and a probation summary evaluation.

To capture the performance evaluation requirements set forth in the UW Madison Performance Management Policy, the Law School will use the Performance Management and Professional Development online system found here: Performance Evaluation History or on MyUW.

Job Aides for each performance evaluation can be found online through the system, or here: Talent Recruitment and Engagement.

**Justin Boehm, Human Resources Manager is meeting individually with supervisors and employees to show the online system. Please set up a meeting time with him to train you and/or your staff.

Once a performance evaluation is completed, an email with the completed evaluation will go to Justin Boehm, Human Resources Manager in Room 5109, and he will add it to the employee's personnel file.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact Justin at justin.boehm@wisc.edu or 608-890-4466, or Rebecca Scheller, Chief Administrative Officer, at rebecca.scheller@wisc.edu or 608-262-1815.

Professional Development, Training Opportunities & Requirements

The UW offers many different trainings on topics such as Aspiring Supervisors, Benefits, Environment, Health & Safety, Academic Leadership, etc. Benefits 101 is a training all new employees should receive within their first 30 days of employment.

These training opportunities are absolutely free to UW employees.

Gaining Access to Information Technology (IT) Systems

There are many different types of IT systems used in UW business. HRS is the new human resources/payroll system for all employees, WISER can show your professorship and department expenditures, and WISPER is used to process grant proposals (just to name a few).